Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) is the most well-known of Hideaki Anno's works. It's both one of the most highly praised anime series of all time and one of the most polarizing. First released in 1995, Evangelion is a dark deconstruction of mecha anime and a sort of public self-therapy session for Anno, who was depressed at the time. Some consider Top o Nerae! Gunbuster to be a predecessor of Evangelion due to similarities between the two series.